Editing Carl Sanders (section)

==Early life and education==
Carl Sanders was born on May 15, 1925, in [[Augusta, Georgia|Augusta]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], United States to a middle class family. He later stated that he had "an exceptionally happy and secure childhood."{{sfn|Cook|1988|pp=169–170}} He attended the [[Academy of Richmond County]], where he performed well academically and played on the school [[American football|football]] team. He was made an alternate appointee to the [[United States Military Academy]], but when the primary appointee claimed the spot Sanders accepted a football scholarship and enrolled at the [[University of Georgia]]{{sfn|Cook|1988|p=170}} in 1942. He played as a left-handed [[quarterback]] on the freshman football team.<ref name= davis>{{cite news| last = Davis| first = Mark| title = Former Georgia Gov. Sanders dies| newspaper = The Atlanta Journal-Constitution| date = November 17, 2014| url = https://www.ajc.com/news/local-govt--politics/former-georgia-gov-sanders-dies/RN3jwHTGFpYEcMAs5xYLgO/| access-date = May 26, 2022}}</ref>

While Sanders was at college, the United States entered World War II, and in 1943 he left his studies and joined the [[United States Army Air Forces]]. He was commissioned as a lieutenant and piloted [[B-17 Flying Fortress]] aircraft.{{sfn|Cook|1988|p=170}} He named his own bomber "Georgia Peach", but was never deployed overseas.<ref name= davis/> After the war he returned to the University of Georgia to complete his studies. He studied law, passing the bar examination in early 1947 and finishing his courses in December. He played with the [[Georgia Bulldogs football|Georgia Bulldogs]] and went to the [[Oil Bowl]]. He was a member of the [[Chi Phi]] fraternity, the [[Phi Kappa Literary Society]], and the school debate team. On September 6, 1947, he married Betty Foy, an art student he had met at the university.{{sfn|Cook|1988|p=170}} They had two children together.<ref name= davis/> Sanders started practicing law in Augusta with Henry Hammond before establishing his own practice with several other partners. He devoted a significant amount of time to practice early on to pay off medical debt after his wife fell ill.{{sfn|Cook|1988|pp=170–171}}